What Determines Eye Color?
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The color of our eyes is determined by how much melanin (pigment) is present in our irises; the more pigment present, the darker the eye color. Many babies are actually born with blue eyes that change to brown because melanin production has not begun by birth. As they begin to produce melanin, babies’ eye color may change. Interestingly, the eyes do not have green or blue pigments. These lighter colors appear due to Rayleigh scattering: the effect of light scattering in the layer of the iris called the stroma. This is similar to why the sky appears blue.
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